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Music Status Updater

This is a Python application that fetches the currently playing track from either Apple Music or Spotify and sets it as your status on Mattermost.

Features

• Fetches current playing track from Apple Music or Spotify
• Sets the track as your status on Mattermost
• Using Appscript and Osascript for Music Track Information on MacOS

Dependencies

• MacOS
• Python 3
• Apple Music or Spotify
• Mattermost

Environment Variables

SOURCE - This variable determines which music service the application will fetch the currently playing track from. It can be set to autodetect to automatically detect the running music application.

MATTERMOST_SERVER_URL variable represents the URL of the Mattermost server.

MATTERMOST_ACCESS_TOKEN the access token for the Mattermost API, which is obtained by generating a personal access token from the Mattermost user settings and is used to authenticate and authorize API requests to the Mattermost server.

How to Run

1. Clone the repository
2. Install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Set Mattermost token and host in .env
4. Set the SOURCE environment variable to your preferred music service
5. Run the application with python main.py

Note

The application runs in an infinite loop, constantly checking for changes in the currently playing track and updating your Mattermost status accordingly.